Seven Treasure Glazed Tile

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Council Hall. 🍬☠ Claw 🐟♠

On the north side of the main hall, the current sect leader, Ning Mofan, sat on a carved chair, frowning as he looked down at the white-robed youth standing with his hands at his sides.

"... Father, that's the situation." The white-robed youth, Ning Fengzhi, Ning Mofan's eldest son, said respectfully.

"Hmm—" Ning Mofan nodded slightly, and said with a sigh, "This time, it can be said that we made a mistake but also benefited from it."

Because of the excessive hesitation, the people sent by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to raid Lingyun City were a step too slow. By the time they arrived outside Lingyun City, the people from the other three parties had already started fighting.

In this situation, the Soul Emperor sent out by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect followed the tradition of their sect and chose to observe first.

The result was obvious: this observation saved his life and prevented his other subordinates from being captured by Lingyun City.

Heaven knows what happened when the Soul Emperor leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect saw the sword energy descending from the sky and pinning down the three Soul Emperor who were no weaker than him! His mind was racing with all sorts of thoughts!

That's absolutely terrifying!

Who the hell told him that the strongest person in ' Lingyun City ' is a Seven-Ring Soul Sage with Control System, and that he's not even in the city, and that the strongest person in the city is just Soul King?

Bing Miao swore that once he returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he would catch the guy who spread the false information and crush his balls bit by bit!

Hiding in the shadows, not daring to breathe, Bing Miao waited until nightfall without receiving any sword energy strikes from the sky. Only then did she quietly leave the spot and quickly lead her other subordinates, whose limbs were numb from crouching, away from the territory of ' Lingyun City '.

After that, not daring to return directly to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he led his men on a trip to the Star Luo Empire, then detoured to the Barak Kingdom, then passed through the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom, and finally abandoned his panicked and clueless subordinates before running back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School, located more than a hundred miles from the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.

As soon as they returned to the sect, before Bing Miao could even go to find the person who had given the order, Young Sect Master Ning Fengzhi appeared and asked him about the situation that day.

Suppressing his negative emotions, under the watchful eyes of the young sect leader and the two Soul Saint beside him, Bing Miao skillfully reported everything he had seen and heard, as well as the situation on his way back. He also stated that his desertion and cowardice in the face of battle were his faults, and he was willing to accept the sect's punishment.

Putting aside the fact that the mission failed but the team leader, Soul Emperor Bing Miao, was lucky enough to escape with his life, Ning Mofan and his son Ning Fengzhi fell into a solemn silence.

After a long silence, Ning Mofan finally let out a long breath and sighed, "I regret it so much. If I Ling Yi into the sect earlier, or if I had suppressed him at the very beginning of his [Green Wood Merchant Association]'s development, things wouldn't be like this today—"

Ning Mofan was starting to regret it.

Seeing that Ling Yi and Lingyun City have now established their dominance, suppressing them is now much more difficult than before.

Everything else can be left aside, but the Titled Douluo who lives in seclusion in Lingyun City alone is an issue that no force on the Douluo Continent can avoid.

Including the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect!

Yes, both of these families have Peerless Douluo at Level 99. If those two were to take action, they could completely annihilate any force on the Douluo Continent, even if that force has Titled Douluo- level expert in charge.

The problem is that these two Peerless Douluo have been in seclusion for nearly twenty years, and there has been no news of them on the continent.

Furthermore, only one entity possesses power at the pinnacle level: the one that transcends all others.

However, if there are two of them, with mutual checks and balances, there won't be too many constraints in this world.

Just like in "The Great War of the Ninja Villages," the old man from the Warring States period, if there was only one Hashirama, or only one Madara, the plan of the filial son Black Zetsu would have to be postponed for at least a hundred years before it could be launched.

Ning Mofan wasn't worried about the Spirit Hall being too powerful because he knew the Clear Sky Sect could step in. He also wasn't worried about the Clear Sky Sect's domineering nature because of the Spirit Hall's constraints, and the fact that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, those self-important guys, had long disliked the Clear Sky Sect.

As for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, in Ning Mofan's eyes, they were just a group of old-fashioned "nobles" who were stuck in their ways and had outdated ideas. Their biggest flaws were arrogance and conceit.

At the same time, due to the different types of Martial Soul and the different development goals of their forces, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and their own Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have almost no possibility of direct conflict.

Having three forces stronger than his own over his head is not a problem, so the other forces in the Douluo Continent are even less of a problem for Ning Mofan.

But now, a new force that was originally not taken seriously has quietly developed to the point that it can threaten the position of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect among the Upper Three Sects without anyone noticing!

The Weiyi good news for Ning Mofan right now is that the Titled Douluo suddenly appeared doesn't seem to have joined Lingyun City Lingyun City directly, but is simply living in seclusion within it.

The difference between the two is quite significant.

Upon thinking of this, Ning Mofan immediately became restless and stood up, saying to his son Ning Fengzhi, "Come with me—!"

"Huh?" Ning Fengzhi was taken aback by his father's actions, feeling somewhat bewildered.

Ning Mofan glanced at his son, who was still standing there, and frowned, urging, "Hurry up, keep up—!"

Having said that, he didn't say anything more and turned to walk straight towards the back of the council hall.

Upon seeing this, Ning Fengzhi's heart stirred, and he quickly followed after him.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ning Mofan and his son Ning Fengzhi appeared in front of a secluded valley deep in the mountains where the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was located.

"Father, are Grandpa and the two grandmothers living in seclusion here?"

Ning Fengzhi looked at the quiet valley in front of him with surprise and asked Ning Mofan beside him.

Despite being the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Mofan's eldest son, he genuinely didn't know where his reclusive grandparents lived these past few years.

Within the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, only the sect leader Ning Mofan and his three wives knew the truth.

"Hmm." Ning Mofan didn't explain further, just nodded casually, and led Ning Fengzhi into the secluded valley.

After a short while, after passing a few "fire date trees" at the entrance of the valley, an elegantly designed courtyard appeared before the father and son.

Before the two could go any further, a figure emerged from the courtyard and greeted the father and son.

"Second Aunt~" / "Second Madam~"

Upon seeing the newcomers, Ning Mofan and Ning Fengzhi quickly stepped forward and respectfully greeted them.

"Fan'er and Fengzhi are here. Is there something you need?" The woman, with a full head of silver hair and still possessing a beautiful and charming appearance, raised her hand, gesturing for the father and son to stand up. Without any formalities, she asked directly.

Qiu Yueqing, the second wife of Ning Caicheng, the former sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Martial Soul "Clear Breeze Bright Moon Sword" and is an 89-level Power Attack System Soul Douluo. At this time, she is also exactly 89 years old.

"Second Madam," Ning Mofan replied respectfully, "I have come to pay my respects to you, Father, and Mother, and also to show Fengzhi the way."

"Know the way?" Qiu Yueqing gave Ning Mofan a deep look, then glanced at the bewildered Ning Fengzhi, shook her head, and said, "Come in with me."

As soon as the words fell, without paying attention to Ning Mofan and Ning Fengzhi's reactions, she turned around and walked straight into the courtyard.

"Dad?" Ning Fengzhi closer to his father, preparing to ask something in a low voice.

Ning Mofan raised his hand to stop him. "You'll find out in a moment."

As he spoke, he took a step to follow Qiu Yueqing's figure. Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi, who was behind him, had no choice but to hurry up and catch up.

A few days later, a message spread throughout the Douluo Continent, briefly suppressing the various rumors about the Clear Sky Sect and Lingyun City.

The sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Mofan, stepped down and retired to the second line of cultivation with his three wives. The position of the new sect leader is held by Ning Mofan's eldest son, Ning Fengzhi.

"Goodness, Ning Fengzhi is not even forty years old yet, right? And he has already become the sect leader of one of the Upper Three Sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

No, it's incomparable! Absolutely incomparable!

In the Barak Kingdom, outside the Suotuo City, a spectator lamented that he was now over thirty years old but had accomplished nothing, had not saved much money, and had only two tiled houses in his rural hometown. He wandered around all day without a fixed place to live, let alone finding a loving partner.

"Who do they think they are? And who do you think you are?" The companion next to him immediately grinned and mocked, "You should just work hard with us and earn your food and lodging money for today. That's what you should be thinking about..."

"You son of a bitch...!" Upon hearing this, the bystander immediately raised his eyebrows and prepared to return the greeting with a friendly slap.

Fortunately, another person nearby quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Alright, alright, let's get to work. Jobs with the [Green Wood Merchant Association] are hard to come by. The pay is generous, they never skimp on anything, and the managers are easy to talk to. Don't cause any trouble—"

"Snort!"

"Tch~"

Seeing that the conflict between the two had temporarily subsided, the person who had smoothed things over joined the previous conversation, saying, "I remember this Young Sect Master Ning, no, now I should call him Sect Master Ning, is about six or seven years older than Tang Hao, the Young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect. Although he's not yet forty, he's probably around thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old—"

"I heard that he broke through to the Soul Saint realm a few years ago, and now that he has become the sect leader, it is well-deserved—"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Soul Saint, a being we wouldn't even dare to dream of."

"Hehe~" The one who had been mocking them earlier suddenly chuckled. Seeing the two people beside him looking over, he gestured towards the front of the group with his lip, his face once again displaying a mocking expression. "We wouldn't dare to dream of that, but that guy named Jack up ahead, he's said more than once that his village once had a Soul Saint among its ancestors..."

"Oh? It's him? I remember, he seems to have come from the Fasinuo Province of the Heaven Dou Empire, right?"

"Yeah, every autumn after the harvest, the [Green Wood Merchant Association] recruits a lot of people here on the Lima Plain. This guy gathered dozens of his fellow villagers to come here to find work. Because of their numbers, they always manage to snag a lot of good jobs..."

"I heard he even met Master Ling before!"

"Him?"

"I reckon even if he did see Master Ling, it was only from a distance; Master Ling couldn't possibly have seen him..."

"Hehe, I think so too..."

As the focus of their banter shifted to Jack, the two, who had initially been at odds, immediately became on the same page, chatting and laughing together.

At the same time, Ling Yi, who was still in the Sunset Forest, also received the news that Ning Fengzhi had succeeded Ning Mofan as the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Unlike the onlookers who merely watch the spectacle, Ling Yi, as the city lord of Lingyun City, the biggest competitor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, naturally has a more in-depth perspective on things.

"Ning Mofan is only in his sixties. With his level 79 Soul Saint strength, he is still in his prime. Even if Ning Fengzhi is also Seven-Ring Soul Sage, he is probably inferior in terms of tactics. The sudden power transition, especially at this point when Lingyun City's influence is growing stronger..."

It's worth noting that in the original novel, when Ning Rongrong went to the Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi appeared as a background character. At that time, he looked like a handsome middle-aged man in his forties, but there was also a clear description that he was already over sixty years old.

At that time, on the day Tang San was born, Tang Hao, who became Titled Douluo at the age of forty-four, was only fifty-six years old.

A thoughtful look flashed in Ling Yi's eyes as he quickly retrieved various information related to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from his mind.

First of all, the overall atmosphere of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has not changed much in the past month, which means that the old sect master Ning Caicheng and his two wives should still be in seclusion, that is, they have not made any breakthroughs or encountered any other accidents.

Secondly, aside from a few occasions when he dismissed his attendants and had private conversations with his confidants, Ning Mofan himself has been staying at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the past month and has not gone out.

Then there's Ning Fengzhi. He was one of the witnesses to the conflict between Ling Yi and Tang Hao, and one of the first to leave.

After that, the events of that day spread and fermented at an extremely rapid pace.

So, what role did Ning Fengzhi, or rather the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, play in this matter?

The mastermind? A follower? Or a detached observer? Is the target the Clear Sky Sect? Or Lingyun City?

Another point is that although it has been confirmed that none of the three waves of Soul Master who attacked were from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, did the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really not do anything?

Just then, a seemingly unrelated message flashed through Ling Yi's mind.

The day after Lingyun City was attacked, a team suddenly appeared in a town more than a hundred miles away from Lingyun City. They quickly entered the territory of the Star Luo Empire, but did not stay long. Instead, they turned around and ran to the Barak Kingdom, and then to the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Ling Yi conjured up a map of the Douluo Continent in his mind, clearly showing the territorial boundaries of various forces.

"Haagen-Dazs..." Ling Yi looked at the location of the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom on the map, and the capital city of the Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City, which was almost parallel to it to the east and west, and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

"Ning Mofan, you've got some skills! A clever tactic of feigning retreat to advance—"

Keep writing! I'll stay up late tonight and finish another chapter to make up for the one I took leave for on the 26th. It'll probably be after midnight, so you can check it out tomorrow morning!